Improvement in field-fences



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W. H. LEEGH, OF DUNLAPVILLE, INDIANA.

lMPROVElVl-ENT IN FI ELD-FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,71 9. dated October 2l, 1862.

.T0 a,ZZ whom t may concern.-

Beit known that l, W. H. LEEcH, of Dun lapville, in the county of Union and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved FieldFence; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings. forming a part otthis specification, in which- Figure l represents a face view of my inven tion'. Fig. 2 is atransverse verticalsection of the saine, taken in the plane indicated by the line .'L, Fig, l.

Similar letters of reference in both ,views indicate corresponding parts.

This inventionconsists in the arrangement of a facing board catching over thefence-post and supporting the panel, in combination with notched braces which are secured by suitable keys in mortises in the ends of said facingboard, and the upper ends of which catch into notches in the edges of the post in such a manf ner thatby the combined action of said braces,

-facingboard, and post the fence is rmly supported, and all its parts can be united without the use of nails'. t

'Io enable those skilled in the artt'o make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation with reference to the drawings.

The rails A are made of flat narrow strips of wood, and they are supported at their ends by mortises a in the ,posts B. The mortises a are made wide enough to receive two rails side by side, as clearly shown in the drawings. An upright. C, provided with suitable mortises which ton the rails, supports the middle portions of the latter, and il' itv should be desirable, particularly-in localities where high Winds prevail, two uprights, C,- might be ap` plied to each panel.

The ends-of the panels are supported by facing-boards D, which are provided with suitable mortises in the center, toslip on the posts B, close under the second rails from the bottom. Each of these facing-boards is supported by two braces, E, the upper ends of which catch into notches b in the edges of the post, and `which pass through mortises c in the ends of the facingvboard, being fastened therein by means of notches d in their cuter edges and by wedges e, which are driven down into the mortises c, as clearly shown in Eig. l ot' the drawings.

The posts B do not extend down to the ground, and the weight of the fence is there` fore supported entirely by the braces E and the facing-boards D, which are held in place by the wedges e; By these means the fence is kept firm and solid by its own weight. This construction, and particularly the absence of nails, renders my fence very cheap land dura ble, itis easy put up and taken down, and it can be used with equal ad vantage on level and on uneven ground. If the fence runs on the side of a hill, one of` the braces is made suftiv ciently longer than the' other to make up for the difference in the level, and in passing over rugged ground the rails and posts will easily accommodate themselves to the position of the braces and facingboards. y

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangement `of the facing-boards D, in combination with the notched braces E, wedges c, notched posts B, and rails A., all constructed and operatingsubstantiallyin the manner and for the purpose herein shown and described.

YV. H. LEECH. 

